Is Waitrose Buttermilk Chicken Mini Fillets ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 32 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score A
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Chicken breast 62%, Wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, folic acid, iron, niacin, thiamin), rapeseed oil, buttermilk 7%, water, wheat starch (processing marker), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), potato starch (processing marker), rice flour, salt (processing marker), garlic, onion, yeast extract, sugar (processing marker), olive oil (processing marker), yeast powder, paprika, acid (lactic acid), cider vinegar, red chilli, black pepper, black pepper extract, sage, sunflower oil (processing marker), thyme
Additives: E270 Lactic acid
As written on the pack
Chicken breast (62%) Wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, folic acid, iron, niacin, thiamin), rapeseed oil, buttermilk (7%), water, wheat starch, wheat gluten, potato starch, rice flour, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, yeast extract, sugar, olive oil, yeast powder, ground paprika, acid (lactic acid), cider vinegar, red chilli powder, black pepper, black pepper extract, sage extract, sunflower oil, thyme extract
What makes it ultra-processed
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
4 ingredients that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5063210004065, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
- NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of A (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.